I used to live in Philly. A truly disgusting place. Roaches and rats everywhere in the city. The 'burbs? A totally different story. Fabulous. Port Richmond is a lower class, working class area with 18 year old mothers with kids the norm. 'nuff said.....

Ugh.. i read this article, and i just get nauseous...Horrible... i hate roaches... i had to move into a roach infested apartment building run by a bunch of NYC pakistani slumlords. i Punched my landlord in the face because he refused to deal with the problem..that was the most satisfying punch i have ever thrown.. this was just before 9/11 too, so they all went into hiding after that. i had no problem getting my deposit back once i threatened to call the INS on his cousins..who were probably the ones NESTING the damn Roaches in the first place.. UGH.. awful.. so glad i am out of that place.. i cant tell who i hate more now.. paki slumlords, or cockroaches..

The problem with Philly, is that the Northeast section(white trash), South Philly (more white trash) and West Philly (the ghetto) give downtown Philadelphia a bad name. When talking about the city, you really must specify which section.

I moved out of Philly for college. I don't want to move back. Of course, I lived in a good neighborhood, too. It's going down hill though. I fear for my 'rents. They're going to end up moving to South Jersey, I bet.

Well between Ed Rendell (totally useless jizzbag) and John Street (criminal who refused to pay his water bill) I am shocked that Philly has not been annexed by Camden. I can see it now: "Philadelphia, its like camden with a bell"

Cockraoches are not just a problem in Philadelphia - they are a problem in any urbanized area. As for the bad rap that Philly gets - i've been to just about every major city in America... but I just love my Philadelphia. I'm proud to call it my home. Center City, Manayunk, Chestnut Hill = good. Don't generalize a city based on one crappy section.

An earlier news report quoted one of the inspectors as saying that the roaches were about 8 inches deep in that lady's bathtub *shudder* I was watching the news and the camera was on the homeowner's feet as a roach crawled out of her pants and onto her foot. She acted like it wasn't even there.

Port Richmond is a mixed neighborhood, btw.

Phila burbs are for the most part clean but congested with traffic and strip malls.